Computer Science/Catalogs/Breakthroughs
Description of Resource:
This is a list of people who have made major conceptual breakthroughs in computer science.
• Backus, John (1924-2007) - inventor of FORTRAN
• Babbage, Charles (1791-1871) - early theorist for how a computing machine could be programmed
• Boole, George (1815-1864) - inventor of Boolean algebra
• Bricklin, Dan - invention of the first spreadsheet
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